ladykind

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From lady +‎ -kind.

Noun[edit]

ladykind (uncountable)

  1. Ladies collectively; womankind.
    • 1857, John Kitto, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Memoirs of John Kitto, volume 2, page 78:
      Excepting the ladies of our own party (three), I saw no more of ladykind or womankind till I came to Petersburg.
    • 2007, Lisa Clark, Sassy:
      Embracing this awesome energy of ladykind, [sic] is to accept all that you are as a girl in the world. It's to live and love and laugh and play.